Secret Government papers have revealed that Margaret Thatcher sparked a row after stopping plans to build a 'super Hampden' in the early 80s.

National Archives documents released under the 20-year rule show how the Tory administration’s decision to back track on a key Scottish commitment caused a public outcry and a political spat across Whitehall.

Thatcher was blamed for halting a £5.5million grant that would have revived the national stadium, the Daily Record reports .

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Papers from the 1980s show that design work had already begun on the reconstruction of the stadium, but the Conservative government stopped the plans as they had 'inherited' them from the previous Labour administration.

The government's commitment was axed “because of the effect of government spending cuts on essential services”

Desmond White, the chairman of Celtic at the time, declared: “This is a disaster for Scottish football and a let-down for hundreds of thousands of fans.”